Improvement in fliers for spinning-frames



No. 43,961. BATENTED AUG; 30, 1864. J. H. ALDRICH & s. L. PATTEE.

PLIER FOR SPINNING FRAMES.

' sockct over the top of the spindle.

- hole, 0, is made in the top of the flier leading UNITED STATES JOHN H, ALDRICH AND S. L. PATTl'l 1,

- lMPEtOVEME N IN FLIERS FOR. SPINNING-FR AME S.

PATENT OFFICE.

O F. NORTIIBRIDG'E, MASSAOHUSE'ITS.

Speeitieat ion forming part of Letters Patent No. 4 3,96] dated August 30, 1864.

.To. all whom it may concern:

lie itknown that \re, JOHN H. ALDRICH and S. L. PA'ITEE, both of Northbridge, in the county ot'r\\-orcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented an improvement in fliers for fly'frames, or any tirames where the. fliers are removed for dotling; and we hereby declare that the following is a. correct description of the same, re't'erence being bad to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters of reference thereon.

Figure 1 is a plan of our improved flier, Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a section at line Ali. a. spindle and flier as commonly used for flyf ames,one-halt' size.

The nature of our invention consists in providing a curved tube or passage for the roving through the upper part of the flier distinct from the socket by which the flier is titted to the upper part, of the spindle. The ordinary \ray isas shown by Fig. 4. The socket tits the spindle so as to leave a vacancy in the Acentral into the socket d for the roving c to enter, and another hole, for its exit, from which it is passed around the head of the flier,

through the tubular arm g. around the the presser-arm to the bobbin. A serious trouble arises in this from'the lint or dirt wbichis left in the socket by the passage of the roving through it. It. accumulates there sometimes,

causing the flier to fly 011" when running at high speeds, and often getting between the spindle and socket, preventing the flier from being placed in the position which it was made to-occupy, so that time must be lost in cleaning the sockets, or the flier is liable to run out of balance. Another objection is in Fig. 4 is a section of pieciug up, the ditliculty of passing the roving down through the top hole am out the side hole ot'the flier. There being nothing to guide the roving, it requires skill in the operator and is often attended with delay.- Our object is to obviate, at small expense, this liability of the accumulation of dirt in the socket of the flier, and at same time provide a smooth passage to guide the roving through the upper part of the flier.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our inventioinwe will. proceed to describe its construction and operation by expluinin g the accompanying drawings In Fig. 4, is the spindle A; B, the flier; (I, the

socket; g, the tubular arm a h, the other arm of the flier; i, the presser; e, the roving; c and f, the holes to the socket. as usually made for the passage of the roring.

In Figs. 1, 2, and 3, I; represents our continuous passage for the roving, and which is constructed as follows: A. pieceof brass tubing is bent to the required form, and after being placed in the desired position is secured firmly at the cm s; but .the curved passage 

